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Definition of Ommiad
1. Noun. The first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ommiad
Literary usage of Ommiad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"These two Ommiad events, so near together, torm the turning-point in the
caliphate (1028). history of the peninsula. ..."
2. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"CHAP. XII. Founding of the Kingdom of Leon. 753. 916. Christian advance. The Ommiad
emirate. 755. The Spanish March. ..."
3. The History and Conquests of the Saracens: Six Lectures Delivered Before the by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"From this Abderrahman the Ommiad proceeded the line of Emirs and Caliphs of
Cordova, who reigned in splendour in the West for three ..."
4. The Middle Ages, 395-1272 by Dana Carleton Munro (1921)
"Rise of the Abba- Bids Ommiad Emirate in Spain CHAPTER XIX SARACEN CIVILIZATION
THE last Ommiad rulers at Damascus were not able to retrieve the failures at ..."
5. Brief Institutes of General History: Being a Companion Volume to the Author by Elisha Benjamin Andrews (1887)
"Further conquest in North Africa. fi.i;(i-'i,i, l/'i Caliph, opposed and put to
death by Sunnites, who come to power in the 661- 750, Ommiad dynasty, ..."
6. Brief Institutes of General History by Elisha Benjamin Andrews (1887)
"656 -'61, Ali Caliph, opposed and put to death by Sunnites, who come to power in
the 661-750, Ommiad dynasty, hereditary, ruling from Damascus. ..."
7. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The name of several Ommiad rulers of Spain. HISHAM I. was Emir of Cordova from
788 to 796. He was a vigorous ruler and put down revolts with a firm hand. ..."
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